The importance of a good recovery after work<br>Shifts workers have an increased risk of poor concentration if they take insufficient rest after work. This allows them to make mistakes in the workplace resulting in unsafe situations. There is also the chance that employees who take too little rest between their services, become chronically physically disrupted, what increases the risk of 'chronic' diseases and syndromes such as 'burnout', cancer, cardiovascular and psychiatric conditions. This is evidenced by the literature review of the RIVM about the required rest periods for shift workers. In the Netherlands, 1.1 million people work at night and about 3 million people work in the evening, such as nurses and truck drivers.<br> <br>Factors leading to insufficient recovery after work<br>The Working Hours Act (ATW) prescribes amongst others per type of work schedule the minimum number of hours employees must get rest. Shift workers deserve extra attention because they regularly work in evening and night shifts. This disturbs their sleep patterns or creates a sleep deficiency because they have to perform other tasks at home or sleep bad on during daytime due to noise, light and their children. Sleep deprivation is a major risk factor for physiological disruption and work-related disease burden. In addition, shift workers have a greater disease burden if their shifts are longer than twelve hours.<br> Except specifically for shift work, RIVM has identified other risk factors for insufficient recovery. That is a higher age, working late, work hard, (such as police officers, physicians and nurses), informal care, "on call' services and an unfavorable home-work balance.<br> <br>New working forms<br>Most workers experience new working forms, such as self-scheduling, telecommuting and 'The New Working' (HNW) as positive, partly because of the flexible working hours and the ability to work from home. These new working forms, however, blurs the boundary between 'work time' and 'private time', such as working on the computer in private time. The long-term health effects of these working forms are not known. Finally, the need to recover may increase if the workplace conditions at home are not optimal.<br>

The importance of a good recovery after work<br>Shifts workers have an increased risk of poor concentration if they take insufficient rest after work. This allows them to make mistakes in the workplace resulting in unsafe situations. There is also the chance that employees who take too little rest between their services, become chronically physically disrupted, what increases the risk of 'chronic' diseases and syndromes such as 'burnout', cancer, cardiovascular and psychiatric conditions. This is evidenced by the literature review of the RIVM about the required rest periods for shift workers. In the Netherlands, 1.1 million people work at night and about 3 million people work in the evening, such as nurses and truck drivers.<br> <br>Factors leading to insufficient recovery after work<br>The Working Hours Act (ATW) prescribes amongst others per type of work schedule the minimum number of hours employees must get rest. Shift workers deserve extra attention because they regularly work in evening and night shifts. This disturbs their sleep patterns or creates a sleep deficiency because they have to perform other tasks at home or sleep bad on during daytime due to noise, light and their children. Sleep deprivation is a major risk factor for physiological disruption and work-related disease burden. In addition, shift workers have a greater disease burden if their shifts are longer than twelve hours.<br> Except specifically for shift work, RIVM has identified other risk factors for insufficient recovery. That is a higher age, working late, work hard, (such as police officers, physicians and nurses), informal care, "on call' services and an unfavorable home-work balance.<br> <br>New working forms<br>Most workers experience new working forms, such as self-scheduling, telecommuting and 'The New Working' (HNW) as positive, partly because of the flexible working hours and the ability to work from home. These new working forms, however, blurs the boundary between 'work time' and 'private time', such as working on the computer in private time. The long-term health effects of these working forms are not known. Finally, the need to recover may increase if the workplace conditions at home are not optimal.<br>

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Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid

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Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu RIVM

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RIVM rapport 340039001

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http://www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/340039001.html

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http://www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/340039001.pdf

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GEZONDHEID

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ECONOMIE

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Arbeidstijdenwet

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werkuren

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circadiaan ritme

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nachtrust

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Het Nieuwe Werken

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fysiologische ontregeling

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shift work

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working hours

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home-work-balance

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rest at night

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psysiological disruption

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circadian rhythm

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Het belang van een goed herstel

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The importance of a good recovery

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Onderzoeksrapport

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GBO

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2012-12-12T12:17:43Z

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